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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

 

Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (Pub. L. 97-
446); Import Restriction on Archaeological Material of the Moche Period 
From the Sipan Archaeological Region, Peru

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Determination to Extend Emergency Restriction on Moche Material 
from the Sipan Archaeological Region, Peru.

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    Pursuant to the authority vested in me under Executive Order 12555 
and Delegation Order No. 86-3 of March 18, 1986 (51 FR 10137),
    I find:
    Pursuant to the requirements of section 304(c) (3) of the Act, 19 
U.S.C. 2603(c)(3), with respect to the extension of an emergency import 
restriction on Moche artifacts from the Sipan Archaeological Region, 
Peru, and pursuant to the emergency provisions under section 304, 
subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3); and pursuant to a unanimous favorable 
recommendation from the Cultural Property Advisory Committee,
    (1) That the material is archaeological and is identifiable as 
coming from sites in the Sipan Archaeological Region, an area 
recognized to be of high cultural significance, for it contains 
evidence of the Moche culture at the apogee of its development; that an 
ambience conducive to further pillage continues to exist in this region 
causing continued jeopardy from pillage, dismantling, dispersal, or 
fragmentation which is, of threatens to be, of crisis proportions;
    (2) That the material is part of the remains of the Moche culture 
(approximately A.D. 100-800) which did not develop a writing system and 
about which little is known except from scientific excavation of intact 
remains; that an ambience conducive to further pillage continues to 
exist relative to these remains of the Moche culture, the record of 
which continues to be in jeopardy from pillage, dismantling, dispersal, 
or fragmentation which is, or threatens to be, of crisis proportions;
    (3) That the application of the import restriction set forth on a 
temporary basis would continue, in whole or in part, to reduce the 
incentive for pillage, for it has been established that the emergency 
import restriction in place since 1990 has resulted in a diminution to 
systematic clandestine pillage of the sites in the Sipan Archaeological 
Region.

Determination

    Therefore, in accordance with the aforementioned authority vested 
in me, and pursuant to section 304(c)(3) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 
2603(c)(3), and consistent with a favorable recommendation from the 
Cultural Property Advisory Committee, I determine:
    (1) That the emergency condition continues to apply with respect to 
Moche artifacts from the Sipan Archaeological Region in the Lambayeque 
Valley of northern Peru.
    (2) That the emergency import restriction that went into effect on 
May 7, 1990, is extended for a period of three more years effective 
June 15, 1994.

    Dated: June 9, 1994.
Penn Kemble,
Deputy Director, United States Information Agency.
[FR Doc. 94-14458 Filed 6-13-94; 8:45 am]
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